Planet Grande Pictures
Planet Grande Pictures is a film and television production company that is based in Malibu. It was founded in 1993 by Eamon Harrington and John Watkin. It produces short films, commercials, documentaries, and television for mass media channels such as CBS, ABC, NBC, FOX, HBO, Showtime, CMT, FUSE, Discovery, Disney Channel & VH1.
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| Type | Film production company |
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| Industry | Motion pictures |
| Genre | motion picture |
| Founded | 1993 |
| Founder | Eamon Harrington John Wakton |
| Headquarters | Malibu, California, |
Key people | Eamon Harrington and John Watkin |
The company produced the educational children's television series Crashbox for HBO Family in 1999.
History
Planet Grande Pictures was founded in 1993 by Eamon Harrington and John Watkin, 2 years prior after Malibu incorporation.[1] Before the foundation of the company, Eamon Harrington and John Watkin met in New York City in the late 1980's. At the time, Eamon was the lead production at Viacom's VH1, and John was a producer of Television commercials and radio. They made a partnership filming a series of multi award-winning documentary shorts for Greenpeace, and has never looked back at it again. After filming documentaries for Greenspace, they moved to Malibu, California, west of Los Angeles and formed their company Planet Grande Pictures.
Company filmography
| Title | Year(s) | Notes | Client |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oprah Talks To Michael Jackson | 1994 | Emmy Nomination- Highest Rated Special in History | |
| Positive | 1996 | 2 Emmys for Best Editing and Best Directing | ABC |
| Sex Bytes | 1996-1997 | 16-part series | HBO |
| Miracle At Trapper Creek | 1997 | Special, Nominated for two Emmys for Best Children's Special & Best Directing | ABC |
| Strippers: The Naked Stages | 1998 | documentry | HBO |
| Cirque Du Soleil | 1999 | special | ABC |
| Crashbox | 1999-2000 | US/CA-produced stop-motion animated series | HBO Family |
| Two Hour Tour | 2000 | series | Disney |
| David Copperfield: The Great Escapes | special | CBS | |
| In Style: Celebrity Weddings | 2001-2008 | special | |
| “Weddings Of A Lifetime | 2001-2002 | series | Lifetime |
| Freshman Year | 2002 | 14-part series | HBO |
| TV Guide's 50 Best Shows of All Time | special | ABC | |
| Victoria's Secert Swimsuit Special | 2003 | special | E! |
| Maxim's Hot 1000 | NBC | ||
| Moonshine Madness | 2004 | documentary | CMT |
| CMT Most Shocking | 2004-2005 | series | |
| CMT Small Town Secrets | 2006 | series | |
| Glamour Magazine’s Women Of The Year | 2006-2009 | special | |
| Texas Rangers Murder Files | 2007 | pilot | CMT |
| Ace In The House | series | GSN | |
| Half Their Size | 2008 | documentary | ABC |
| Grandpa, Do You Know Who I Am? With Maria Shriver | 2009 | documentary | HBO |
| Mad Genius | 2010-2011 | music-based series | FUSE |
| Yeah TV | 2011-2013 | series | AMC |
| Patrick Dempsey: Racing Le Mans | 2013-14 | 5-part series | Velocity |
| Now That’s Funny:
Behind The Scenes Of TV’s Hottest Comedies |
2014 | 90 minute special | CBS |
| Love 99 | 2016 | Feature Doc in Post-Production | |
| Holy Cow | Animated Feature with David Duchovny | ||
| Malibu 25: The Story of our City | Short Film Commissioned by the City | ||
| The Perot Myth | A short film for ESPN | ESPN | |
| DKMS: Heroes Wanted | 2018 | Real People Commercial Campaign | |
| Eminem in NYC | documentary short | ||
| Universoul Circus | 2019 | Multi-media campaign and network special | |
| Not Carol | Feature Documentary | ||
| Johnny Strange: Born to Fly | Feature Documentary | ||
| Backstory: Understanding the epidemic of teen suicide | Pilot in development |
References
- Planet Grande Pictures, https://www.planetgrande.com/about "About Planet Grande Pictures", November 10, 2021.